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Mark / Decision '08:
Blogger Conference Call, Ken Mehlman, RNC Chairman — I had the good fortune today to particate in a conference call with the great Ken Mehlman, RNC Chairman, regarding the Harriet Miers nomination. Here are some quick highlights, and I'll conclude with some final thoughts.
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RedState.org:
A Boondoggle — "If we accept that these women backed out, we must conclude that they were not up to it, they were not qualified, or the Republicans gave them no confidence of standing behind them. " — A Boondoggle — By: Erick · Section: SCOTUS — I listened in on the RNC conference call with bloggers.
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
Liveblogging the Ken Mehlman Conference Call — I've been invited to participate in a conference call with RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman and bloggers re the Harriet Miers nomination. I'll be live blogging as we go along. I'm not a stenographer, so this will be paraphrases, but I'll do my best.
Lorie Byrd / PoliPundit.com:
Philosophy And Character — I sat in on a blogger conference call with RNC head Ken Mehlman this afternoon, where the subject was the Miers nomination. The call was organized by Patrick Ruffini, who has recently rejoined eCampaigns, and he promises to hold more of these in the future.
Associated Press:
Miller testified again before grand jury — New York Times reporter disclosed conversation with second source — WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Times reporter Judith Miller on Wednesday gave prosecutors details of a previously undisclosed conversation she had with Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff …
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Dave Graham / Reuters:
Schroeder quits government, blasts U.S., Britain — BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who has led Germany since 1998, said for the first time on Wednesday he would not play a role in the next government, in an emotional farewell including broadsides at the United States and Britain.
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Mattias Karen / Associated Press:
Gore: I Don't Plan to Run for President — STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Former Vice President Al Gore said Wednesday he had no intention of ever running for president again, but he said the United States would be "a different country" if he had won the 2000 election, launching into a scathing attack of the Bush administration.
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hughhewitt.com:
"A Lean and Hungry Look..." — From this morning's New York Times: … Very nice. Committee staffers are often very bright, and superb politicos, unless they are simply the grandchildren of rich donors. There are brilliant staffers, and there are copy machine staffers.
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Albert Aji / Associated Press:
Syria: Interior Minister Commits Suicide — AP Photo DAM102 — DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria's interior minister, who ran Lebanon for many years and was one of several top officials caught up in the U.N. probe of the slaying of that nation's former prime minister, died Wednesday.
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:Syrian Minister 'Commits Suicide', Foul Play Suspected
Associated Press:
Landmark deal reached on Iraqi constitution — Parliament gains Sunni support days before referendum — An Iraqi man reads a newspaper carrying pro-constitution advertisements in Baghdad on Wednesday. In a special session, Iraq's parliament won Sunni support on the draft constitution.
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Washington Post:
Seized Letter Outlines Al Qaeda Goals in Iraq — Al Qaeda's top deputy urged the leader of his Iraq branch in July to prepare for the inevitable U.S. withdrawal by carrying out political as well as military actions, and he lectured him that he risked being shunned by an Islamic world angered …
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Howard Fineman / MSNBC:
The conservative crack up — The neocons develop an exit strategy — a political one — WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush may have no military exit strategy for Iraq, but the "neocons" who convinced him to go to war there have developed one of their own — a political one: Blame the Administration.
Michelle Malkin:
REMEMBER THE COLE — ***scroll down for updates*** — Today is the fifth anniversary of the U.S.S. Cole bombing. Please take a moment to note the event on your blogs today if you have a chance. Stars and Stripes pays tribute to the 17 sailors killed in the terrorist attack …
Arianna Huffington / huffingtonpost.com:
2008: Will Al Gore Be the Anti-Hillary? — It's still three years away but Hollywood is already starting to choose sides for 2008. And two very distinct camps have started to form: those backing Hillary, and those desperately searching for the anti-Hillary.
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush: Miers' Religion Key Part of Her Life — President Bush said Wednesday his advisers were telling conservatives about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' religious beliefs because they are interested in her background and "part of Harriet Miers' life is her religion."
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
How the Republicans Let It Slip Away — Watching the Republicans floundering over the past week, I can't help thinking of a school of beached whales. The leviathans of the GOP have boldly swum themselves onto this patch of dry sand, and it won't be easy for them to get back to open ocean.
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MSNBC:
Click here to save First Read to your list of favorites — Spending and the Bush/GOP agenda — Bush's tax reform commission currently plans to recommend that two of the nation's "most popular tax breaks - for home mortgage interest and employer-paid health insurance" …
